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pin-tailed

/pin-teyld/US // ˈpɪnˌteɪld //

针尾状,针尾型,针尾状的,针状尾巴

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Ornithology.

    • : having a tapered tail with long, pointed central feathers.
    • : having the feathers of the tail stiff, narrow, and pointed.

Examples

  • It was a massive hit, and the safety-pin dress a brilliant cartoonish cherry on top of it.

  • The online community of tattooed pin-up models turned 13 this year.

  • In other news, black and white pin-up shots are now officially less valuable than life-size Tiger Beat tear outs.

  • She had low-grade blood poisoning in her ear from the pin she used to pierce it.

  • Lorna planted several pin flags, then we continued cruising.

  • Though, as everybody well knew, the doctor had forbidden her to lift so much as a pin!

  • He held the pin delicately between finger and thumb, and controlled her with his roguish eyes.

  • The scolex is about the size of a pin-head, and is surrounded by four sucking discs, but has no hooklets (Fig. 96).

  • A grain—requiring to be picked out with a pin and microscope—of truth, with a bushel of bunkum or cant.

  • Welcome jerked himself away from the book, whirled around on his wooden pin and pointed his knife at the book-shelves.